Children with obstructive sleep apnoea at higher risk of hypertension, Hong Kong researchers find

Researchers at a Hong Kong university have completed the first decade-long study of how childhood sleep disorders can affect blood pressure later in life and found young people with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) were 2.5 times more likely to develop hypertension as adults.

The team from Chinese University also warned that the disease, which affected about 5 per cent of school-aged children in the city, could result in higher risk of cardiovascular, metabolic or neurobehavioural complications if left untreated.